Fitting back into older clothes

Last week I spoke about my weight loss throughout 2019 and then again an update about how I tried to make sure that I kept it off in December. Well we are now at the end of January and I thought it would be a good idea to give an update and with the title,...

Being okay with not being body positive with yourself: Clothing

Welcome back to this miniseries on why I can’t be body positive with myself. This post will be all about how I saw myself in clothes and the feeling of having to buy larger sizes in comparison to the feeling to how I felt when I started to lose the weight the first time. I...

Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder from a male perspective

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is often called the 'imagined ugliness' disorder. It was formerly known as Dysmorphophobia and is an anxiety disorder whereby a person is abnormally preoccupied with an imagined or slight defect in their physical appearance. This is something I have had to deal with since I started my weight loss journey and...

Can an overweight guy do yoga? My first class

Yoga hasn't really ever been on my to-do list other than some DDP Yoga and P90x stuff at home and definitely no yoga in front of anyone and my TV. But should it be? Should I venture out more to yoga classes and get my downward facing dog on with others? Well a few Thursdays ago,...

Growing a beard for the first time: Taming the beard.

Hello! After talking about growing a beard for the first time (read here) I thought it would be handy to give you a little update on it! Let's get into it! Well, the beard is still here and I am as surprised as anybody that it is. I thought for sure that I would ditch...

Weight loss to Christmas challenge: 13th – 16th November

Welcome back to my little series about as you can guess from the title… Losing weight before Christmas! To catch up on why I am doing this have a little read here and how my first 3 days went here... it’s okay, I’ll wait. So the gist of the challenge is that I want to lose around 30lbs...

Weight loss to Christmas challenge: 10th – 12th November

Welcome back to my little series about as you can guess from the title... Losing weight before Christmas! To catch up on why I am doing this have a little read here... it's okay, I'll wait. So the gist of the challenge is that I want to lose around 30lbs before December 25th. It is a...

Back at it – LIFE UPDATE

Hello, it's been awhile! Those that follow the blog, may have noticed that I haven't posted in a little while. Apologies for that, but the last month has been a bit crazy workwise for me and I was in a bit of a slump with my exercise and creativity. So the blog took a big hit...

July workout plan: part 1

We have two months of the summer left and I thought it was time to really kick my fitness regime into gear. I have been too inconsistent with my workouts and training and have gained weight back and this makes me far too unhappy. I tend to work better when given targets to achieve each...

Weightloss Journey: Part one, clothing

This is going to be a very ongoing feature, so get ready for numerous reads on this issue.. A little issue I have found with my weight loss journey so far is that to some people I have now gained a vain persona. That I am constantly checking my appearance such as how my clothes […]